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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Eagle Cap Shooters hit bullseye at Spring Fling
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
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n Saturday, June 15, the Eagle
Cap Shooters Association held
their opening event of the year,
the Spring Fling. First event of
the day was the National Rifl e
Association 3GE (Three Gun Experi-
ence) competition, which gave each par-
ticipant the opportunity to shoot a shot-
gun, a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol
and a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifl e;
each from a different shooting bay with
different targets and scenarios. The 3GE
competition is a recreational shooting
program designed to introduce shooters
to the world of shooting competition.
Participants were grouped by
age: Youth: 8-12; Junior: 13-17; and
Adult:18 and up.
According to ECSA secretary, John
Straughn, overall winners of the NRA
3GE event included:
Adult – TJ Miller with a fi nal time
of 95.07
Junior – Ruben Hunt with a fi nal time
of 78.76
Youth – Mitchell Fewell with a fi nal
time of 198.75
Gary Bethscheider, owner of the
Stubborn Mule in Joseph, provided a
catered BBQ lunch, which included
hamburgers, hot dogs, tri-tip sand-
wiches and soda.
Several events followed lunch
including a 100-yard steel target .22 cal-
iber semi-automatic rifl e competition,
a Texas Hold ’Em poker shoot and an
impressive black powder muzzleloader
exhibit and demonstration by Ivan Judd
of Wallowa. Judd answered questions
and gave spectators the opportunity to
shoot his black powder rifl e.
Lane Tanzey and Ruben Hunt, both
members of the Wallowa High School
Trap Team offered a demonstration of
professional-level shotgun trap shoot-
ing to attendees, who were then given
Courtesy Photo/
It’s a great day for trap shooting — (L to R) Doug Wickre, president of the Eagle Cap Shooters Associationv and range safety offi cer
watches over an unidentifi ed competitor in a shotgun competition (center) as ECSA member and range offi cer, John Wright (right)
looks on.
the opportunity to participate in a trap
shooting contest. Once again, the kids
proved to be eagle-eyed shooters!
Straughn said the ECSA’s primary
focus is safety and education. A num-
ber of NRA-Certifi ed Range Safety
Offi cers stood close by each shooter to
ensure safety and provide education for
new shooters. He added that the ECSA
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By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Recent Enterprise High
School graduate, Jalyn Rad-
ford-Wecks, plans to raise
cancer awareness of attend-
ees at the Mountain High
Broncs and Bulls rodeo to
know that cancer can strike
anywhere, any time. He calls
it a “Can Cancer” campaign.
Radford-Wecks started
treatment at Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital in Port-
land about a year ago for a
rare and aggressive form of
testicular cancer while still
an EHS student.
The sport of rodeo is well-
known for its support for
breast cancer with its ‘Tough
Enough to Wear Pink” cam-
paigns that are virtually a
Courtesy photo
Jalyn Radford-Wecks intends to raise awareness of the many
forms of cancer at the Mountain High Broncs and Bulls rodeo
in Enterprise on Saturday, June 22.
part of every PRCA rodeo.
The Broncs and Bulls
drill team will do a tribute to
Radford-Wecks at the rodeo
by wearing orchid-colored
shirts, the color for testicu-
lar cancer. Radford-Wecks
will come into the arena at
that point.
The team will sell brace-
lets featuring all the different
cancer colors. Members will
have charts so people can
see which color is associ-
ated with each cancer. Team
members will also carry dif-
ferent-colored cancer fl ags
to indicate which cancer
has affected team members
themselves.
After the team posts up,
rodeo announcer, Lee Dag-
gett, will have time set aside
so that anyone who pur-
chased bracelets can raise
their hand in order to show
their bracelets so attendees
can see which cancers have
touched people.
Radford-Wecks will ded-
icate the money from the
rodeo to Wallowa Memo-
rial Hospital for all can-
cer screenings because so
many cancers affect so many
people.
Literary Arts offers fellowships for Oregon writers
Grants of $10,000 and
$3,500 for writers and pub-
lishers in Oregon
Deadline to apply: Fri-
day, August 2, 2019
Literary Arts is proud to
announce the Oregon Lit-
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two grants of $10,000 will
be given to Oregon writ-
ers of exceptional talent.
Wallowa 4th of July Parade
11:00 am 7/4/19
(Be at Cougar field by 10:15 am!)
Parade Entry
Name:
Address:
City:
State: Zip:
Phone:
Division
Child 12 & Under
Adult
Categories
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Organization
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Motor Bike
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One of these fellowships is
reserved specifi cally for a
writer of color. We intend
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vide meaningful support
to an outstanding writer
who will be signifi cantly
impacted by the award.
The Oregon Literary
Fellowships will award
nine writers and two pub-
2019
lishers with fellowships of
$3,500 each. This fi nan-
cial support helps work-
ing artists develop or com-
plete literary projects, and
publicly
acknowledges
their exceptional work.
One of these fellowships is
reserved specifi cally for a
writer of color.
Applications for the
JULY 12th - 13th
Joseph State
Airport (KJSY)
and Airshow
Friday July 12
Banquet at 5:30pm
Buy Tickets Online!
Admission: $5. / Time: 7am-2pm
Airshow, Static Displays and
Educational Hangar
Drop off entry form at Wallowa City Hall by
noon 7/3/19, or mail to: “Parade Entry”
PO Box 487. Wallowa, OR 97885.
Questions call 541-886-2422
fax 541-886-4215
2020 Oregon Literary Fel-
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Fly-In
Saturday July 13
Vendors Welcome
Info Call Wallowa City Hall
at 541-886-2422
was won by Tim Cudmore’s son. In
compliance with gun regulations, the
fi rearm was actually awarded to Tim.
The association offered thanks to all
of the donors and the people behind the
scenes who volunteered their time and
worked hard to make the season opener
event so much fun and a resounding
success!
Radford-Wecks wants to ‘Can Cancer’
Music by “No Boundaries”
(FREE SPACE)
awarded a number of additional prizes,
including ice cream cones donated by
the Little Bear Drive-In in Wallowa;
1-ounce pure silver coins donated by
Norton Welding in Lostine and a bronze
rabbit donated by Tim Parks of TW
Bronze in Enterprise. The free gun raf-
fl e prize, a Heritage .22 caliber revolver
donated by the Sports Corral in Joseph,
Pancake Breakfast
$ 10. + Admission / Time: 7-10am
(10 and under entry/eat FREE)
For more information
about the event visit:
WallowaCountyFlyIn.com
541-263-2793
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